Chocolatemakers establishes emergency fund Peru!

Our Farmers, Chocolatemakers, Norandino

Storms in Peru destroy 40 hectares of cocoa plantations. That is why we set up the Chocolatemakers Emergency Fund.

While in the Netherlands, we have our new Awajún 52% milk bar introducing cocoa from Peru, Peru was hit by the worst storm in 20 years. The farmers' cooperative NorAndino, with whom we have been working for years, is also badly affected. Incessant rain causes heavy floods, houses and plantations are destroyed and diseases break out. For the time being, the rain will not stop. That is why we are setting up an emergency fund right now!

How can you contribute?

1. Buy chocolate through our webshop. With the purchase of every bar through our webshop, we donate â'¬1,- to the emergency fund. Would you like to donate more? You can add an extra amount to your order.

2. Buy our '100% to Peru bar' in our webshop. Then you will not receive a bar at home, but the full amount goes to the relief fund. You can buy as many bars from this as you want.

3. Do you want to contribute in another way? Share this message among your friends, customers & supporters.

Every little bit helps. This way, we can support NorAndino and the affected families in rebuilding the area and their plantations.

The situation now in Peru
Last weekend, we had a lot of contact with director Santiago Paz Lopez, with whom we have been working for a long time for, among other things, our Awajún bars and the building of the factory in Peru. His messages are therefore very touching. 40 hectares of plantations have been destroyed!
If you consider that in one hectare there are about 650 cocoa trees, you can imagine the extent of the damage. In addition, 30 families lost their possessions and we also hear that there are outbreaks of the dengue virus, which is spread by mosquitoes.

Chocolatemakers Emergency Fund
Fortunately, the local authorities are providing the first emergency aid in terms of water, food and emergency shelter. Together with NorAndino, we are therefore looking ahead and focusing on reconstruction. With the Chocolatemakers Emergency Fund, we focus on restoring the cocoa plantations and the affected families by giving a contribution to repair the damage to houses and replace damaged/displaced items.

1 cocoa tree costs 1 euro, which is why Chocolatemakers donates 1 euro to the emergency fund for every bar sold in the webshop. We need 26,000 cocoa trees to replant everything.

> we want to support the affected families with a donation of â'¬250,- euro for reconstruction. For this we need â'¬7500,- euro.

Through our Facebook & Twitter page, we will regularly post about the situation in Peru.

Thank you for your support!

Ps. You can also donate directly. Transfer your desired amount o.v.v. 'Emergency Fund Peru' to bank account NL05RABO0141030690.